The most important, influential diabetes research of 2017

The past 12 months have seen a lot of excitement in the field of diabetes research, from growing national recognition of the disease to improved methods for treating it. Reader’s Digest compiled a list of the year’s most striking innovations to date.

In 2017 alone:

• The Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program expanded into a six-month, group-based classroom program that teaches diabetics how to effectively manage their condition.
• A large-scale study determined type 2 diabetes is—at least partially—attributable to genetics.
• Reports suggested most types of type 2 diabetes are reversible.
• Glucose monitors and insulin pumps have come leaps and bounds from their starting points.
• Scientists discovered type 2 diabetes and cancer risk are closely linked, suggesting diet is even more key than previously thought.
• The tie between diabetes and heart disease was established as a dangerous and common one.

For the full, comprehensive list, read the Reader’s Digest report below: